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Monday 22 May 2023
In memory of a Kathak legend - Taalam: column by Leela Venkataraman
The two-day Kathak Darpan organised Smriti Festival, paying homage to late Pandit Birju Maharaj, held at the Madras Music Academy, while mentioning, in the printed information in dailies, 3 Padma Shri awardees and 5 Sangeet Natak Akademi awardees as participants, listed no names. Mounted with laudable effort, not to speak of a large heart, by Kathak Darpan Institute of Chennai run by Kathak dancer Neha Banerjee, a student of Pandit Birju Maharaj, it is surprising that the organiser seemed totally unaware about Chennai audiences - for whom late night soirees of the kind held in the North till the wee hours of the morning, are out of bounds - and no cultural programme in Sabhas lasts beyond 8.30pm. To plan evenings with the best of fare programmed after 9pm was, to say the least, being over optimistic.
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